Unlock your genius discussion Moderator Tony GM (General)

by mindcramp, Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 14:51 (6780 days ago) @ Tony Kosten

? ... Now, in more
? general terms, what would Black hope to do next? GMs would automatically
? think about their strategic aims over the coming moves even before the
? last series of moves (hint: think 'good knight' 'bad bishop').

Hi Tony!

After 1...b5 2.Bd3 Nb6 3.Be4 Bg6 4.Bxg6 hxg6, I would generally want to post my knight on c4. (On d5 the knight hits c3, and it is harder to chase it away, but then I also have to worry about c3-c4.) At the moment White might be able to cope by Bg5 followed by Nd2. Maybe it is better to develop the heavy pieces first while (whilst) preparing Nc4.

Ray Cheng